EARLY CUSTOMS Pre 1950 build Customs
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June 18, 2023 at 22:10 #74669
Tony
ParticipantThat 38 Standard sedan is dangerously close to Gook-wagon status, given that everything done to it is an add-on!
June 19, 2023 at 07:11 #74670Michu
ParticipantYes, i think youâre right Tony, but at least the hood seems to be shaved. The Buick trim below the hood and the fender markers really make it a Gook Wagon.
June 19, 2023 at 07:51 #74671Tony
Participantat least the hood seems to be shaved.
Ha, ha! I was so overwhelmed by the Gook factor that I didn’t notice that!
But yes, it did get it’s hood shaved. đ
June 19, 2023 at 10:19 #74672Michu
ParticipantâŠnevertheless, the âGook factorâ is definitely highđ!
July 3, 2023 at 23:49 #74689Tinwolf
ParticipantSeptember 28, 2023 at 06:32 #74925Rik Hoving
KeymasterA couple from the AHRF. They have some really wonderful early Custom Car photos in their collection. To bad they always put their watermark so large over their photos, right into the subject… oh well.
From the AHRF Facebook page
“Weâve got this sharp two-toned 1936 Ford pegged as a Standard 5-Window Model 68-770 that they produce 78,534 of. Starting up front, the car sports a â40 plate indicating the year the shot was taken. The painted grill insert is half covered by a nice piece of work and is painted saying this isnât a Deluxe version of the car that cost $570 new versus the Standard that cost $510, that is unless the owner anteed up an extra $25 for a rumble seat. The new headlights arenât stock and are mounted on the bumper brackets to get them nice and low, while the original mounting bumps higher up have been removed along with the horn grills. The rear of the front fenders has been reshaped to eliminate the running board mounts. The hood side panels are custom, as the factory vents and chrome are now nonexistent. Without the running boards, a new cover was made to hide the frame rails. The top was chopped a couple of inches, and the rear quarter windows were filled in. Spotlights were added for some class. The front of the rear fenders was reworked with the removal of the boards, and a nice splash shield was fabricated. Rear skirts were added, painted to match the top and lighten the rear end, visually. Wide whites and flippers completed the custom look. We give the car an A+.”
©AHRF/Frank Munis Collection (FMC_108)
“Itâs hard to pin down a year on this Lincoln Continental V-12 as it sports a â42 to â45 front bumpers with two extra guards added and â46 to â48 front end chrome. The Top is a lift-off unit and doesnât fold down, and the top of the wind wings look like they are off a fixed roof model as it curves backâall in all, a nice Southern California daily driver in 1950.
©AHRF/Steve Box Collection via Bruce Meyer (BOX_036)”“Unknown Custom â40 Ford Convertible Coupe Model 01A-76. 23,704 were produced that year. Wally Parks photographed this beauty in an unknown alley that sported a chopped top, modified grill, no running boards, rear fender skirts, and â40 Olds bumpers that were a hot update item then. Note how the wind wing was modified, Cool.
©AHRF/Wally Parks Collection (WPC_015)”“Seventeen-year-old Steve Box and his buddy Scotty Daniel had just graduated from High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and decided to enjoy their new freedom with a road trip. First stop was L.A. to check out the sun and cars on the street. Steve snapped this cool shot of a radically chopped 1936 Ford parked on an unknown L.A. street. Dig the interesting headlight and bumper treatment. The trip then continued with a stop at Bonneville and then back to hot and sunny Albuquerque, all in one week’s time.
©AHRF/Steve Box Collection via Bruce Meyer (BOX_045)”“How about this cool looking 1936 Ford 3-window Coupe Model 68-720 of which 21,446 were produced. This one had been under the torch and is seen at El Mirage back in 1942. Note how the top had been covered with fabric for a unique look, the running boards discarded, â41 Merc bumpers added, the hood sides filled and new headlight buckets installed, rear skirts added and the front fenders restyled to lighten the front-heavy look of the car. All in all, it’s one heck of a looker.
©AHRF/Frank Munis Collection (FMC_105)”
“This shot was another Alburquerque-L.A.-Bonneville Road Trip picture from 1950 shot by Steve Box somewhere in Los Angeles. The car started life as a â39 Ford Deluxe Tudor Sedan Model 91A-70B that was Fordâs best-seller that year with 144,333 units made. A radical top chop for the time complimented by a nose (and probably deck) job along with elongated rear skirts makes it quite a looker. It also features modified belt line chrome and wears updated caps. Cool.
©AHRF/Steve Box Collection via Bruce Meyer (BOX_042)”
“After graduating High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1950, 17-year-old Steve Box and his buddy Scotty Daniel celebrated with an adventurous road trip in August. First stop was to Los Angeles and then on to Bonneville Speed Week in Steveâs â46 Ford Coupe. While in L.A., the boys made the rounds of the hot rod shops and spotted this custom FoMoCo chop-topped beauty on a used car lot. The front fender detail says itâs a â41 but the side chrome trim is from a â47-â48 Merc. We really donât care what year it is as long as it ends up in our driveway.
©AHRF/Steve Box Collection via Bruce Meyer (BOX_038)”
“A 1940 Buick gets its top chopped at West Coast Body Shop located at 3421 San Fernando Road in Glendale, California circa ’49 or â50. The car is already sporting â49 chevy tail lights. Note the Clyde Beatty Circus Posters in the rear side window and a lot of mangled vintage tin by the front window.
©AHRF/Taylor Family Collection (TFC_073)”
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September 28, 2023 at 06:45 #74926Rik Hoving
Keymaster“Sid Hirshberg of the Ramblers Car Club showed up at the lakes on November 7, 1937, with this almost new ’37 Ford Cabriolet that had it’s lid lowered, hood side panels filled and skirts fitted. No speed is known. This was the last of the Purdy/Wright/Gilmore Muroc Club events as the S.C.T.A. was formed 19 days later and held their first official event in ’38.
©AHRF/Pat Campea Collection (PCC_081)”
“Anyone for an almost new Mercury Sedan Coupe that already had some minor custom work and the addition of flipper hubcaps? This special Car and Girl beauty shot features our own Jim Miller’s Aunt Betty all of 17 years old. Note the Black A sticker in the front window issued by the Office of Price Administration in California on December 1, 1942 that said you could only use four gallons of gas a week in your car. This fuel rationing program ended August 15, 1945. If you were a little luckier you could have had a Green B sticker that got you eight gallons a week. If you were a âProfessional” worker you got a Red C Sticker but had to have one of seventeen important jobs. And let’s not forget the M (Motorcycle), T (Truckers) and X stickers (unlimited gas for high mileage jobs and some elites).
©AHRF/Jim Miller Collection (JMC_2057)”
“Marvin Lee. the owner of this brand new 1942 Chevrolet Fleetline Aero two-door Sedan has already had the car under the torch with filled rear quarter windows, shedding of the three front and rear fender strips along with the rocker, and side belt-line chrome strips. Don’t forget it’s also been nosed and decked. Chevrolet produced 61,855 of these $880 dollar rides before shutting down production for the war effort. The car is seen in â42 at a lakes event.
©AHRF/Frank Munis Collection (FMC_098)”
“This customized â39 Ford Convertible Coupe is a rare one as they only produced 10,422 of them. Russetta racer Dick Thomas took his and did a few modifications, as can be seen. After losing the chrome and lowering the windshield he added a steel top to give the car a unique look. It was photographed at the November 7, 1948 Russetta meet at El Mirage where Dick ran the Class A Coupe 100.22 mph to grab a tenth in class. Under the hood was a 275â flatmotor fitted with Evans heads and intake manifold, Smith cam, and Potvin ignition. Dick was a member of the Drifters car club.
©AHRF/Jack L. Herron Collection (JLH_016)”
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September 28, 2023 at 06:45 #74927Rik Hoving
KeymasterA couple of pictures shared by David Jansen on Facebook.
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September 28, 2023 at 06:49 #74928Rik Hoving
KeymasterSome photos shared by Robert Genat from the Don Cox Collection.
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September 28, 2023 at 16:40 #74932John allen
ParticipantIt’s surprising more cars haven’t been built with that inverted Packard grill.
Favorite thread.
October 24, 2023 at 20:24 #74977Michu
ParticipantI found this on ebay, unfortunately only small parts of the cars are to be seen but nevertheless worth seeing i find:
October 25, 2023 at 08:49 #74978Tinwolf
ParticipantNovember 13, 2023 at 20:42 #75026Michu
ParticipantNovember 17, 2023 at 06:51 #75044Michu
ParticipantNovember 18, 2023 at 09:44 #75048Michu
ParticipantThis photo is from the book âThe birth of hot roddingâ. I spotted this Lincoln patrol car elsewhere in the background of some other Dry Lakes photos too. Here it has the hood slightly opened for better cooling, a piece of wood or so holds it up:
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